The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-27
ESTABLISHED IN 1857

out regard 10 Color or naIlOndllCy
Monstrous as it may appear, it is none
the less true, that white slavery was
not only contemplated, but boldly adj
vOcated.
Mr.. Fitzhugh, a brilliant leader of
thought and action in Virginia, de-
clared:
-We do not adopt the theory that Ham was
the ancestor OF the negro race. The Jewish
slaves were not negroes, and 70 contne the
l1Stincatlon OF slavery 70 that race would be
Eead OF no , negro slavery in sncient s times.
| sary." The same writer, in comparing the
| free and slave labor, said:
Our negroes are not only better on as to
physical comfort than free laborers. but their
| moral condition is better. Two hundred years
Free society has failed. and that which is not
free must be substituted"
Hon. L. NJ. Keitt, of South Carolina,
Ia his defense Of it, said:
4 slavery Is grand primordial fact, rooted
| In the origin OF things, As cOrrolary
White iaboreSs ana Mechanics in oresnized so 90
cieties was the result of the partial and pro-
tells ns, also, that when the white working
classes stepped out OF bondage into our re-
snrrtPs tS,61 diysi9 1E ,hTelins the beg
no general existence In slave countries, unless
there have been commencement of enamel
The United States Supreme Court
had laid judicial foundation for pc
litical crime in the bred Scott decision.
which put without the protecting
shield of law every child born to a
slave mother, so that the inevitable
laws or population could not impair
slavery, by obliterating the color line,
an inevitable result of the relation of
| master and slave.
The forts and arsenals of the North
were stripped of arms and ammuni-
ton to place the rebelling states on a
war footing in advance: Such of the
navy as could not be anchored in South
ern harDOrS was sent to the remote
parts of the world, that it might be be-
yOnd reach when the conflict came.
Thus prepared, and entrenched be-
hind the dogma of Estates Rights, 1.-THE
Democracy waited the election of a
Republican President as the signal for
open, armed rebellion.
Abraham Lincoln was elected, the
war of the rebellion was inaugurated;
not by the South, but by the national
Democratic party. 1t was not sec
tiOnal war between the North and the
South. 1t was a war between Republi-
cans and despotism. On one side was
| arranged free men contending for
equal freedom for all men. On the
other side the Democratic party fight
ing for the most cruel, brutal and God
the liberties and rights of men.
Negro slavery was but an incident,
the South as battle ground but an ac-
cident. 1t was but a new phrase of a
contest as old as the history of the
race. The armies of the Union and
the Confederacy were arranged against
each other fighting a worlds battle.
The victory for the unity of states and
the universally of freedom under our
flag, was a victory for law, victory
for justice, a victory for humanity
everywhere. l am here in this intelli-
gent presence to speak the truth, and
/ now declare that which stand ready
to defend with unimpeachable re-
cord of history on this rostrum or else
where. 1t is that the Democratic party
was a party OF conspiracy and treason
before the war; party of conspiracy
and treason during the war, a party of
conspiracy and treason since
the war-and now, not one loyal thread
can be found in warp or wool of its
garments, not one throb of universal
liberty-love ever beat beneath their
folds. know that this is an awful in
dictment. 1t Is terrible because it is
true. Let US call witnesses:
Horatio Seymour, leader and idol of
the Democracy of New York and the
nation, what did you say to encourage
rebels and discourage patriots before
the war?
I said that: Although secession
would produce revolution, it was,
nevertheless, right founded on alb
stract principals, which could not be
abrogated with due regard to the orig
inal compact"
When asked by Judge Ruggles in
1881 what you thought of the Confeder-
ate constitution, then just adopted at
Montgomery, what did you say?
said: at is better than ours.
Why not obviate all difficulty by simply
adopting that constitution"
What did you say at Democratic
convention assembled in Albany, New
York, that same year?
said: I'VE are advised by the con-
sentative states Of Virginia and Ken
lucky that If force is to be used it must
be eXerted against a united South. 1t
would be an act of folly and madness,
in entering upon this contest to under
rate our opponents and thus subject
ourself to disgrace of defeat in an
inglorious warefare.
What else did you say on that occas-
ionP
1 said: Let us also see if success
full coercion by the North is less revolt
ing than successful secession by the
South. Shall we prevent revolution by
being foremost in oVerthrowing the
principles of our constitutions
Did your personal friend and dele
gate in that convention. James Z.
Thayer, follow you in a speech and
what did he say?
Yes, Mr.. Thayer said:
THE public mind will hear the
| avowal, and let us make it-that if a
revolution Of force is to begin, it shall
be inaugurated at home. And if the
incoming administration shall attempt
to carry out the line of policy that has
been forsehadowed, we announce that,
| when the hand of black Republicans
turns to blood red, and seeks from the
fragment of the constitution to con-
struct scaffOld for coercion-another
name for eXecution-we will reverse
the order of the French revolution, and
| save the blood of the people by making
| those who would inaugurate a reign of
terror the first victims of national
guillotine."
After Sumpter had been fired upon
and President Lincoln was engaged in
mastering in volunteer soldiers did the
Democracy call meetings to denounce
the action of the President in raising
troops to suppress the rebellion, and
what did you say at these meetings?
Yes, such meetings were called and l
said: I'VE have been need enough to
muster armies to occupy their terri
tory"
When you were called to the chair as
President of the National Democratic
| Convention in 1854, in the dark hour
just before the morning light of that
great struggle what did you say?
1 said: THE bigotry of fanatics, and
the intrigueS of placemen have made
the bloody pages of the history of the
past three years. They will not stop
shedding of blood even for little time
to see if Christian charity OF the wis
dom of craftsmanship may not work
out method to save the country.
More than this, they will not listen to
proposal for peace which does not
offer that which this government has
no right to ask
Win the witness not tell us whether
or not the National Democratic party
cOncurred in the sentiments expressed
in this Introductory address?
II Yes, by a unanimous vote it: IRE
, solved, That this convention does ex-
, plicitly declare, as the sense of the
American people, that after four years